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Module 1: Data Warehousing and Business Analysis

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Which of the following is NOT a type of OLAP system?

(i) MOLAP
(ii) DOLAP
(iii) ROLAP
(iv) HOLAP

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Answer: (ii) DOLAP

The three standard implementations of OLAP are MOLAP (multidimensional storage — data held in specialised cube structures), ROLAP (relational storage — OLAP operations pushed down to SQL on relational tables) and HOLAP (hybrid — MOLAP for aggregated data plus ROLAP for detail data). 'DOLAP' is not part of this standard classification of OLAP architectures.

MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP are precisely the trio listed in every textbook, so each of them is a genuine OLAP type. In a 'NOT a type' question the odd one out must therefore be DOLAP.

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